Amazon Tote to Bring the Grocery Store to Your Door

Books, DVDs, and grapefruits? As reported in the Financial Times, Amazon.com, the behemoth online department store known for its electronics and books, is testing a new weekly and *free* grocery service called, Amazon Tote. Yep, that's right. Now you can make sure your weekly delivery of Jiffy popcorn, David's cookie dough, and your favorite DVD arrives all
without ever leaving the house.

The Amazon site claims there are, "There are no minimum delivery sizes,
subscriptions, or fees." And it adds, "You can keep adding items to your tote
bag until 10 a.m. 2 days before your delivery day--your ToteDay."

Amazon fans who've scanned the grocery shelves know they can stock their entire pantries
with just a few clicks of the mouse: Canned asparagus, Starbucks coffee beans, Kellogg's
Special K, Ghirardelli chocolate, Earth's Best baby food, McCann's Oatmeal, and
even milk and Haagen-Daz vanilla ice cream. Zoinks! All the bases have been
covered (including gluten-free and organics) though many of the products are
sold in bulk.

At press time, it seems there is one thing you'll still have to hop to the store
for: eggs. (Though they do offer Deb El dried whole eggs).

So rather than spend all those hours waiting on line in the supermarket, you can
just spend more time online at home. Given all the snow, seems that the latter
option is welcomed.

Posted by Kiri Tannenbaum

Kiri Tannenbaum is a contributing editor at Delish. Her love of food was sparked by an extended stay in Florence, Italy, where she assisted in the kitchen, shaving bittersweet chocolate over creamy, homemade tiramisu. Though she has no Italian blood in her lineage, Kiri always makes her sauce from scratch and hopes one day to adopt an Italian grandmother. Read More

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